# List of works rejected by the British Board of Film Classification

The following is a list of works submitted for certification to the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) that were not immediately or, in some cases, ever granted a certificate due to them being unsuitable for classification.
Since its inception in 1912, the BBFC's duty has been to classify films, television programmes, video games, advertisements and other visual media according to their content. If a work is deemed unacceptable by the BBFC according to their guidelines or potentially illegal under British law, they can choose to refuse a certificate for that work. Although these works can be shown in cinemas with the permission of local councils, they cannot legally be sold on home video. Online streaming platforms are not required to have their content certified by the BBFC, though many do.
Over the years, several works have been refused a certificate, effectively banning them. Some of these works were later classified uncut, some were cut to meet the BBFC's guidelines, and some have never been granted a certificate.

## Works rejected, later classified uncut

| Work | Date rejected | Date certificate granted | Current certificate |
| Battleship Potemkin | 30 September 1926 | 11 January 1954 | PG |
| Liliom | 29 September 1930 | 22 January 2010 | PG |
| The Miracle Woman | 26 October 1931 | ? | 12 |
| Freaks | 1 July 1932 | 9 May 1963 | 12 |
| L'Opéra de quat'sous | 23 August 1932 | 26 August 1998 | PG |
| The Monster Walks | 24 August 1932 | 9 November 2010 | PG |
| Island of Lost Souls | 13 March 1933 | 9 July 1958 | PG |
| Elysia | 24 April 1934 | 10 July 1958 | A |
| Le Grand Jeu | 4 September 1934 | 5 May 2010 | PG |
| The Hitch-Hiker | 2 February 1953 | 30 April 1953 | 12 |
| The Wild One | 18 January 1954 | 21 November 1967 | PG |
| Glen or Glenda | 26 February 1958 | 18 January 1995 | 15 |
| Goodnight With Sabrina | 20 August 1959 | 14 March 2016 | 15 |
| Horrors Of Spider Island | 1 September 1960 | 9 November 2010 | 12 |
| The Immoral Mr. Teas | 3 July 1962 | 9 October 1987 | 18 |
| Shock Corridor | 2 October 1963 | 31 December 1990 | 15 |
| The Naked Kiss | 13 March 1964 | 31 December 1990 | 18 |
| Lady In A Cage | 8 April 1964 | 17 November 2000 | 15 |
| The Horror Of Party Beach | 20 May 1964 | 27 August 1964 | 12 |
| Carousella | 28 January 1965 | 30 April 2009 | 15 |
| Lorna | 2 February 1965 | 18 February 1998 | 18 |
| Onibaba | 26 August 1965 | 15 June 1968 | 15 |
| Who Killed Teddy Bear | 11 October 1965 | 9 July 2008 | 15 |
| The Wild Angels | 6 December 1966 | 28 September 1972 | 15 |
| Django | 23 May 1967 | 16 February 1993 | 15 |
| Common-Law Cabin | 1 August 1967 | 9 October 1987 | 18 |
| The Trip | 5 September 1967 | 21 November 2002 | 18 |
| Hells Angels On Wheels | 28 September 1967 | 11 May 1977 | 15 |
| The Incident | 19 January 1968 | 14 March 2014 | 12 |
| Gate Of Flesh | 29 January 1968 | 2 October 2000 | 18 |
| Bloody Mama | 28 April 1970 | 19 February 1971 | 18 |
| Kiss Me Quick | 17 May 1971 | 2 March 2012 | 18 |
| The Panic in Needle Park | 16 June 1971 | 21 November 1974 | 18 |
| Trash | 4 August 1971 | 19 June 1991 | 18 |
| Mantis In Lace | 4 December 1972 | 14 March 2012 | 18 |
| Coffy | 5 October 1973 | 4 April 1974 | 18 |
| La Grande Bouffe | 11 November 1973 | 27 January 1994 | 18 |
| The Last House on the Left | 4 July 1974 | 17 July 2002 | 18 |
| Gambling For Head | 9 July 1974 | 10 October 2005 | 15 |
| Going Places | 24 September 1974 | 14 January 1992 | 18 |
| The Texas Chain Saw Massacre | 12 March 1975 | 16 March 1999 | 18 |
| Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom | 13 January 1976 | 16 November 2000 | 18 |
| Late Night Trains | 26 July 1976 | 14 January 2008 | 18 |
| Je T'aime Moi Non Plus | 13 September 1976 | 8 July 1993 | 18 |
| Maîtresse | 14 October 1976 | 5 February 1981 | 18 |
| Isla - Harem Keeper Of The Oil Sheiks | 26 August 1977 | 14 August 2013 | 18 |
| La Bête | 25 February 1978 | 6 June 1988 | 18 |
| Derek and Clive Get the Horn | 21 October 1980 | 13 August 1993 | 18 |
| Mother's Day | 10 December 1980 | 26 January 2015 | 18 |
| The House on the Edge of the Park | 16 March 1981 | 29 April 2022 | 18 |
| Maniac | 23 July 1981 | 30 December 2022 | 18 |
| Savage Streets | 14 November 1984 | 26 June 1987 | 18 |
| Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 | 22 December 1987 | 25 September 2020 | 18 |
| Slumber Party Massacre II | 8 December 1988 | 5 July 2024 | 15 |
| Curfew | 31 December 1988 | 13 September 2002 | 18 |
| Visions of Ecstasy | 18 September 1989 | 31 January 2012 | 18 |
| Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III | 22 May 1990 | 5 April 2004 | 18 |
| Back in Action | 25 February 1994 | 14 June 1994 | 18 |
| Demoniac | 10 August 1994 | 11 September 2017 | 18 |
| Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor | 15 August 1994 | 11 March 2004 | 18 |
| Boy Meets Girl | 13 September 1995 | 25 September 2001 | 18 |
| Deadbeat at Dawn | 23 December 1998 | 29 August 2018 | 18 |
| A Cat in the Brain | 9 February 1999 | 26 August 2003 | 18 |
| The Classic Films Of Irving Klaw Volume I | 9 February 1999 | 22 January 2010 | 18 |
| Sex Frenzy | 3 March 1999 | 31 July 2000 | R18 |
| Boys Just Wanna Have Fun | 3 March 1999 | 31 July 2000 | R18 |
| Straw Dogs | 15 March 1999 | 27 September 2002 | 18 |
| Manhunt 2 | 19 June 2007 | 14 March 2008 | 18 |

## Works rejected, later classified with cuts

| Work | Date rejected | Date certificate granted | Current certificate | Cut length |
| 99 Women | 11 April 1969 | 22 May 2007 | 18 | 1m 0s |
| Venus In Furs | 13 January 1970 | 15 April 1993 | 18 | 1m 0s |
| Line Up And Lay Down | 7 December 1973 | 10 May 1974 | 18 | 1m 2s |
| Score | 20 September 1974 | 6 December 2012 | 18 | 6m 53s |
| The Dirty Mind of Young Sally | 3 January 1975 | 25 November 1986 | 18 | 0m 19s |
| Deep River Savages | 18 September 1975 | 22 August 2003 | 18 | 3m 1s |
| Caged Women | 25 August 1976 | 14 February 1977 | 18 | 0m 41s |
| Fantasm | 11 May 1977 | 3 April 1978 | 18 | 8m 0s |
| Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun | 6 February 1979 | 20 May 2004 | 18 | 6m 15s |
| The New York Ripper | 15 February 1984 | 21 January 2002 | 18 | 0m 29s |
| Bare Behind Bars | 20 September 1994 | 2 December 2010 | 18 | 1m 35s |
| Arrowhead | 6 October 1995 | 16 February 1996 | R18 | 1m 20s |
| Naked Killer 2 | 11 August 1997 | 26 November 1998 | 18 | 4m 42s |
| Bare Scare | 25 October 2010 | 25 October 2010 | R18 | 6m 4s |
| The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) | 6 June 2011 | 6 October 2011 | 18 | 2m 37s |

## Works rejected, have never been granted a certificate

| Work | Date rejected |
| I Vinti | 12 May 1954 |
| A Diary For Anne Frank | 21 August 1959 |
| The Warsaw Ghetto | 8 November 1960 |
| Action J | 7 July 1961 |
| A Matter Of Morals | 18 August 1961 |
| The New Angels | 1 January 1962 |
| Nuremberg | 24 January 1962 |
| Professional Secret | 14 June 1962 |
| Pagan Island | 5 November 1962 |
| Berlin Today | 9 May 1963 |
| Swinging U.K. | 3 September 1963 |
| Super Spectacles In The World | 1 October 1963 |
| Hot Head | 6 November 1963 |
| Neon Night Life | 5 December 1963 |
| Street Without End | 27 April 1964 |
| Hollywood Nude Report | 5 May 1964 |
| Sexy! | 2 June 1964 |
| Mental Cruelty | 10 July 1964 |
| I Malamondo | 2 September 1964 |
| Under Age | 25 February 1965 |
| Festival Girls | 1 November 1965 |
| The Fear | 15 July 1966 |
| Strip | 1 December 1966 |
| 491 | 23 January 1968 |
| The Set | 9 May 1969 |
| Technique Of Physical Love | 18 February 1971 |
| Sweet Movie | 1 April 1975 |
| Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS | 9 June 1975 |
| Boarding House | 21 July 1983 |
| The Evil Protege | 28 July 1987 |
| Violators | 31 December 1987 |
| Sixth Form At St Winifreds | 31 December 1987 |
| Head Girl At St Winifreds | 31 December 1987 |
| A Coming Of Angels | 19 June 1988 |
| Hidden Rage | 15 December 1988 |
| Tied & Tickled | 20 August 1992 |
| A Brief Encounter | 5 February 1993 |
| Martini Advert - Ferrari | 17 July 1995 |
| Martini Advert - Mogul | 17 July 1995 |
| Martini Advert - Yacht | 17 July 1995 |
| Martini Advert - Nightclub | 17 July 1995 |
| Medact Advert - Day of the Jacques | 25 August 1995 |
| Schoolgirl Fantasy | 5 October 1995 |
| Diesel Jeans Advert - Jesus Lives | 19 August 1996 |
| Mikey | 20 December 1996 |
| S&M - Why? | 20 December 1996 |
| Bare Fist: The Sport That Wouldn't Die | 23 December 1996 |
| Urotsukidoji IV Part One: The Secret Garden | 30 December 1996 |
| La Blue Girl | 30 December 1996 |
| Ultimate Pursuits | 30 December 1996 |
| Brave, Bashed, Battered and Bruised | 23 December 1997 |
| Date With A Mistress | 23 December 1997 |
| S.A.S. Weapons & Training | 23 December 1997 |
| Changing Room Exposed | 27 June 1998 |
| Frisk | 27 June 1998 |
| Elida Fabergé Fusion Advert - Bouncer | 1 September 1998 |
| Banned from Television | 9 February 1999 |
| Lolita DVD Extra (The Lake Point Cottages) | 27 March 2000 |
| Lolita DVD Extra (The Comic Book) | 27 March 2000 |
| A Caning For Miss Granger | 24 November 2000 |
| Victoria's Secret World - Episode One | 11 February 2002 |
| Hooligans | 20 March 2002 |
| PETA Europe Advert - Fur Is Dead | 17 June 2002 |
| Love Camp 7 | 23 September 2002 |
| Spy Of Darkness | 9 April 2003 |
| Bumfights | 14 July 2003 |
| Women in Cellblock 9 | 24 February 2004 |
| The Howling DVD Extra (Fake Porn Movie) | 19 March 2004 |
| Terrorists, Killers & Other Wackos | 19 January 2005 |
| The Hash Man | 14 February 2005 |
| High - Yield Hydroponic Systems | 14 February 2005 |
| Introduction To Indoor Growing | 14 February 2005 |
| Mushroom Growing Made Easy | 14 February 2005 |
| Severe Punishment | 18 March 2005 |
| Traces of Death | 22 June 2005 |
| Struggle In Bondage | 22 December 2006 |
| Weeds: Season 2 DVD Extra (Cream of the Crop) | 22 June 2007 |
| Murder-Set-Pieces | 27 February 2008 |
| The Texas Vibrator Massacre | 18 August 2008 |
| NF713 | 3 April 2009 |
| Grotesque | 18 August 2009 |
| My Daughter's a Cocksucker | 29 September 2009 |
| Lost in the Hood | 7 May 2010 |
| The Bunny Game | 12 October 2011 |
| Hate Crime | 2 March 2015 |
| The Gestapo's Last Orgy | 26 January 2021 |
| Reality Killers | 1 July 2024 |